bestow

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To present something to someone as a gift or honour

CERN bestows slush fund on the LHC. Take all pennies from the CERN space.

{f} give, grant
give as a gift
{v} to give, lay out or up, place, apply
present; "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone"
To expend, as money
To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some occupation
To demean; to conduct; to behave; followed by a reflexive pronoun
To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put
To give or confer; to impart; with on or upon
bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"
To give in marriage
To bestow something on someone means to give or present it to them. The Queen has bestowed a knighthood on him. = confer. to give someone something of great value or importance bestow sth on/upon sb (stow)
confer
bestowal
the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift
bestowal
the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift a gift that is bestowed or conferred
bestowal
The act of bestowing; disposal
bestowal
the act of bestowing
bestowal
a gift that is bestowed or conferred
bestowal
{i} grant, gift; act of giving, granting
bestowed
Past tense and past participle of to bestow
bestowed
given formally or officially
bestowing
present participle of bestow
bestows
third person singular of bestow
bestow
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